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λαμπ-τήρ

lampter · ὁ

stand, grate, for lighting rooms

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λαμπ-τήρ · lamp-tēr — LSJ

stand, grate, for lighting rooms, thou that lightest up, watch-fires

stand or grate for pine and other wood used for lighting rooms, Od. 18.307 sq., 343, 19.63; ὦ χαῖρε, λ. νυκτός thou that lightest up the night, of a beacon-fire, A. Ag. 22; ἕσπεροι λαμπτῆρες the evening watch-fires, S. Aj. 286; ἡλίου λαμπτῆρες E. Rh. 60.

b

epith. of Dionysus, Paus. 7.27.3.

2 lantern, lantern

lantern, E. IA 34 (anap.), Hp. Int. 26, X. Smp. 5.2, Aen.Tact. 22.21, PCornell 1.85; λ. ἀντιπεφραγμένος, of a horn-lantern, Philist. 15, cf. Emp. 84.3; λ. μὴ ἔχοντι τὸ κύκλῳ δέρμα Arist. HA 531a5.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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